Maybe this is you; you love the products, you use them everyday, you have a sizeable personal oils collection, but like my friend Mamahug; you had not been serious about growing a business with Young Living.

76 year old Barbara Ward Stephens, known to most of the world as Mamahug, recently unearthed the Young Living business she buried for many many years. As most “lovers” of Young Living naturally do, Mamahug shared oils with many, a few bought and became clients, and even fewer yet are ordering consistently every month resulting in a small commission check.

Why Many Don’t Intentionally Work Their Young Living Business

She attended trainings and meetings on essential oils and even business training, but never intentionally thought of or worked her business.

Over the years I have been able to observe why so many do not take advantage of the opportunity we have in Young Living.

It comes down to two things:

Comfort – Mamahug had her Social Security and Ministry income, so her modest living was comfortable. This is common with many members. They or their spouse have a comfortable income so they don’t feel the need to grow another income source…

Time/Priority– Mamahug has been a Christian Counselor for 45 plus years, an author and international speaker who has taught her Solutions for an Abundant Life all over the world. So, even now that she isn’t traveling and teaching as frequently, her days could be filled with an abundance of people and friends and other opportunities. The Young Living business just wasn’t that a high priority for her.

A Message From God — The Gift You Buried In The Back Yard

After Mamahug stopped traveling and teaching her Ministry, her income dwindled. Suddenly she was no longer able to take a monthly stipend, leaving her with just enough money to pay the house note and buy groceries.

One day, as she was whining to God in her morning time with him, she said “Lord, oh how I would like to have just a little more money to be able to do more than just pay my basic bills”. He returned this response, “Well I gave you a gift but you buried it in the back yard, your Young Living business.”

That shocked her and she repented for “burying her gift”, she immediately dug up her “Gift” and started intentionally working her Young Living business. The result was in just 1 month she was able to help 5 new people start using their Young Living products or start their own businesses.

God Blesses Intentional Action

It’s exciting to see how Mamahug, who has been in Ministry for most of her life, is going from fostering more than 56 teenagers from dysfunctional homes and teaching classes to set free the wounded souls, to helping widows receive financial blessings through a home business that lets them help others.

And God is further opening the floodgates as her Ministry has been blessed with an additional $1000 in income recently too.

So tell me honestly, have you been burying your Young Living gift, or maybe some other gift God gave you, in the backyard?

Go DIG IT UP and start living a more fulfilled, On PURPOSE, LIFE! If a 76 year old grandma can do it, so can you!

Convention was a beautiful and one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. God was so present every minute of every day.

From the connections with so many of you at the AROMASHARE event, meeting and praying for you in the hallways, hearing the heart of Mary Young about the greatness of her husband and his dedication to Young Living.

Running… I mean, walking a 5K in a tutu, doing an impromptu Raindrop teaching session for a group of friends, meeting and learning from successful team members,

And giving and raising more than $2000 dollars to free children from sex slavery, get boys out of the slums, rehabilitate these broken children and give them a new beginning.

Then… I WON A MOTORCYLE at the Young Living Grand Convention

All of that would have been enough. But God put it on my heart about 10 days ago that I was going to win a MOTORCYCLE. Yup He told me…. and I told many of my friends.

In fact some of you were screaming when I won too because I told you too. See it was my friend Chip Kouwe’s special 2006 motorcycle that he had painted with the original Young Living logo that was from when I started Young Living. He also had a special dedication of our founder Gary Young on the bike. I talked to my husband and he gave me the okay to buy a lot of tickets for it especially when I told him that proceeds went to free children out of slavery.

Although God told me I was going to win, and although I bought a good amount of tickets, I was still shocked when I did win. You have got to watch the video it will make you smile all day! Watch the video here….

Next week you will hear from my friend Rebecca Halton on her experience at her first Young Living Convention. She was my roommate for Convention and of course was helping me most of the week so some of our experiences were the same. But I can’t wait for her to share about our Wellness Session with a World Renowned Health Practitioner. Things like that only happen at Young Living Events. They are the BEST!

God can turn your little into a lot if you let him. I was looking back at an article I wrote 3 and 1/2 years ago. In it I share a story of how God talked to me through a children’s book about my future. It sounds silly but it’s true. This story is about how God can turn your little into a lot.

Grow With Little Time

3 and a half years ago I had very little time to grow in my home business but I partnered with the King of Kings and He turned my little into a group of more than 5000 clients. I didn’t realize it but 3 1/12 years later he has grown that little home business again exponentially to more than 15,000 clients.

WOW.

If you are serious about taking a few hours of time each week and growing a consistent income, freedom for your family and fun in your life then read this article, Why 5000 Is Important To Me and go check out our Work from Home Application page and let’s see if what we have will be a good match for you!

I put myself in a bootcamp starting back in April and I just completed it. It was a Bootcamp for moms like me. I have had some huge epiphanies this year in a lot of areas in my life, health, parenting, relationships, marriage, and of course my two jobs. This Bootcamp helped me to see I have been treating some “Jobs” in my life more like hobbies giving them attention when I feel like it versus showing up and doing the work day in and day out. This bootcamp along with some other training helped me realize that in most areas of my life I am doing okay to fair. What you might be thinking, but Dr Mary you are successful?! True I have had success and achieve new levels in certain areas of my life but…

The Problem with Success is a Little Bit…

What do I mean by that? See the problem with losing weight, increasing your income, having good kids, having a good marriage is you can fall into complacency that

“Hey, I am doing good”

“My marriage is better than most people”

” My income is great”

And with complacency you don’t work on being better because you think this is “good enough”.

Or you fall into a trap I heard termed “EGYPT” … If you are familiar with the Bible and the Israelite’s journey. During a famine Joseph saved his Father and brothers families and brought them (Goshen a property of Egypt). The land was rich farm land and perfect for their cattle and sheep. The Isrealites grew exponentially over the few hundred years but what was once their saving grace, their land of plenty became their enslavement. Literally they became the Egyptian slaves.. YIKES….

Complacency vs. Greatness

Think about it. Are you getting so comfortable or complacent in some area of your life you’ve gotten stuck? When it comes to health, marriage, your career or business, have you started to say things like…

“I don’t need to eat good because I am skinny”

“I workout I can drink and eat what I want”

“I am young still”
“My parents lived to their 90’s”

” We’ve been married so many years we are just fine”

“I don’t need to put effort into looking my best”

“My spouse will never cheat on me”

“They will never fire me they need me”

“This money is coming in every month I can spend it how I want now.”

” I am at a level of success in my home business I get paid monthly now I don’t need to work anymore”

These attitudes keep us in average to good relationships, marriages, bodies, jobs, careers, businesses but we never get to our full potential because we stop learning, growing and working towards being our best. I think this happens because where we came from was so bad, poverty, struggle, being single, debt, brokenness that when our lives get good we just stay there, a few steps away from greatness.

With complacency you don’t work on being better because you think this is “good enough”.

The Key To Greatness: Awareness

I am encouraging you today to get out of Complacency. I AM CALLING YOU to WAKE UP to your EGYPT. This week take a good look at areas of your life that you might think are GOOD now but could be BETTER. Look at things in your life that were once a blessing but maybe now are binding you with stress, financial burdens, unfulfillment, or worry — become aware of them.

Seriously take the time to ponder this stuff.

Start a journal and write down areas of your life that you want to go from GOOD to GREAT… or maybe you are still in the FAIR or POOR group and you just want Good. Then I encourage you to join me on my Journey from Good to Great. It is so much more fun if we can do things together.

[Our] attitudes keep us in average to good relationships, marriages, bodies, jobs, careers, and businesses.

Tools to Live A Great Life

This summer you are welcome to join me and hundreds of others in learning the tools to live a great life. I’m leading several activities aimed to support you on your path to greatness in your whole life and in your finances. Below are further details about them.

Total Wellness Wednesdays

Wellness is about your whole life. I hope you will join me. We meet once a week on Facebook Live on Wednesdays usually around 9pm EST, 8pm CST, 7pm MST, 6pm PCT on Facebook Live for classes and encouragement https://www.facebook.com/TheTotalWellnessDocandMom/

I will be at the Young Living Convention (21,000 people from all over the world who want to learn what is new in the Health and Wellness Field) this week and will post videos and pictures of all the good stuff over on my Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/TheTotalWellnessDocandMom/ and on Instagram @drmarystarr

Don’t miss a thing! Make sure to stop by on my Facebook Page and under “Following”, check SEE FIRST. This will ensure that you see all the goodies in your Newsfeed.

If you are going to be at Convention come try to find me say hello and let’s take a picture together.

How are you? Did you have a good week and weekend? I have ever been enjoying precious time with my mom. She is here for a 2 week trip to help me with the kids and many other things while I travel for business.

It’s been a great week and we even got massages in the other day. I had my therapist use Blue Cypress oil in my massage and it was such a deep relaxation. This precious oil comes from Australia and its history of coming to the market is unique, sad and victorious. I promise to share more soon. I am so proud to be partnering with such amazing pioneers and world changers.

But a part of my heart has sad for some families and friends. One of my good friends is going through cancer treatments, another team member just lost her sister, and an acquaintance Homeschooling mom suddenly lost her 8 year old daughter this past week. Can you imagine? It’s something we never think will happen to us, death of a child, loved one, cancer. Most of us spend our days thinking we have years to live with our loved ones, but what if you don’t?

This week I want to encourage you to look at where you are spending your time. Are you making time for loved ones? Take a hard look. What is important? Sarah’s soccer game or taking the day to go visit a loved one. Is attending another weekend meeting as important as going to see your mom for the day?

I spent a decade of my life living like my school or business was the most important thing in my life. I put everything below my business including my marriage, family and friends. I regret the years I lost and see now how much time I wasted. You can have both I promise. I am learning how to have a great marriage, time with family, friends and run a business.